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If, because of anxiety and self-doubt, you procrastinate and only think about working, you'll feel more exhausted than if you'd created for hours.

Eric Maisel

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Eric Maisel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: January 14
Author
Playwright
Psychologist
Teacher
The Bronx
New York City
Working
Hours
Procrastinate
Self
Procrastinating
Feel
Exhaustion
Feels
Exhausted
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Anxiety
Thinking
Created
Doubt

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